Court orders Eddie Ryan's re-arrest

The Supreme Court has ordered the re-arrest of Limerick man Eddie Ryan Junior who was released from prison last month after he won his High Court case for additional remission.

Live95fm's Sarah O'Connor reports...

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31-year-old Eddie Ryan from Kileely in Limerick was due for release from his six year sentence for firearm and ammunition offences in November this year on normal remission of 25 per cent.

However his lawyers brought an Article 40 application challenging the lawfulness of his detention after the Justice Minister decided that he wasn't entitled to additional remission and therefore an earlier release date.

They won last month and he was set free.

A number of other inmates, Portlaoise prisoner Niall Farrell and convicted director of terrorism Michael McKevitt mounted challenges to their detention on the back of this ruling.

Niall Farrell won and was also released - Michael McKevitt's challenge was heard this week but the judge held off on giving his decision until after today's Supreme Court challenge by the State.

This afternoon Chief Justice Susan Denham ruled that an Article 40 application challenging the lawfulness of his detention was not the appropriate avenue to take. She found that the warrant holding him was valid and the court suggested that a judicial review challenge of the Justice Minister's refusal to grant additional remission would have been more appropriate.

A warrant has been issued for Eddie Ryan's rearrest as a result, the same is likely to happen Niall Farrell and Michael McKevitt's Article 40 application must now also fall following today's outcome.